The Story Teller

A hungry lark spotted something below, so she landed on a tree branch and found out that it was a cat pulling a wagon full of fat wriggling worms.

She flew down to the ground and asked, ‘Hey there Cat, what do you have there?’

The cat answered, ‘O, hello Lark, I’m selling worms..’

Grinning, the lark asked again, ‘What do you want for a piece?’

“I will give 3 worms in exchange for 1 big feather..’

Without second thought, the lark plucked one big feather and gave it to the cat. The cat tossed her 3 fat worms and started to walk away. Looking at the wagon, the lark called the cat again and asked for more worms, and more, and more, and more…

After some while, the wagon is still half full and the lark has very few feathers left. That’s when the cat said.. ‘Look here, Lark. I really want to go home now but I still have a lot to sell. If you will give me 3 big feathers, I will give all of these to you then I can go home..’

The lark, thinking it was a sound deal, pulled 3 big feathers.

The cat grinned and made a loud self-satisfied purr..

Unable to fly without her powerful feathers, the lark helplessly looked at the cat as he jumped on her and devoured her for lunch…

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